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Bill Wilson (catcher)

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Batting average
  
.208

Home runs
  
2


Runs batted in
  
75

Name
  
Bill Wilson

Bill Wilson (catcher) Bill Wilson Society for American Baseball Research

William G. Wilson (October 28, 1867 – May 9,1924) was a professional baseball player. He played all or part of three seasons in Major League Baseball, primarily as a catcher. He played for the 1890 Pittsburg Alleghenys and 1897–98 Louisville Colonels.

Personal life

After retiring from baseball, Wilson became involved in petty crime, eventually being charged in 1909 with forging postal money orders. On May 9, 1924, Wilson's bloodied body was found in a St Paul, Minnesota ice-cream parlour by police after an anonymous phone call. He had been stabbed ten times. Police believed that Wilson had been murdered over a dispute regarding the distribution of illegal moneys from a crime.

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